RUMOR: The New MobileMe Would Cost $20/Year, Include A Music Locker

The latest rumors about Apple's
MobileMe service are in: the new version would be priced at just
$20/year and include a music locker.

Apparently, Apple already has a deal with Warner and is using
that as leverage to get the other labels on board. The "music
locker" service would be cloud-based backups of the songs you
bought and downloaded from iTunes.

Rumors of Apple wanting to start a cloud music service have been
around for a long time, as have rumors of Apple revamping its not
very successful cloud service MobileMe.

Apple has been building and is about to open a huge new $1
billion data center, which could come in handy if Apple makes a
cloud push. But Apple's cloud services have always been somewhat
underwhelming, and getting the labels on board is tricky.

Labels are wary of cloud music services in general, and of Apple
in particular, which owns over 70% of the legal music download
market.

Like most Apple rumors, this one should be taken with a grain of
salt.